Actually, Giga-byte has done very well for themselves. They even have a line of enthusiast parts now!
They still remain cheap, but that's mostly because of packaging, and contents (which they have neither of). You just get the board, the users guide, the cd, and some cables. The boards usually have some nice features, dualbios, dynamic overclocking, and that's about it.
I used them for years, and still distribute them. I'll install ASUS or MSI if the EU requests it. Otherwise, they work just as well as MSI!
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Let's face the obvious. Yesterday we were nerds. Today we're the cognitive elite. Let's conquer. - Chester G. Edwards 
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